Why Young Life College

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Today, 60%-80%, of adolescents abandon their walk with Jesus in their college years.The need for Young Life College is surprisingly clear as soon as one takes a sobering look at the state of college students around the country today. Only 1 or 2 in 5 college aged were once involved in a church or para-church organization claim to have an active faith in Jesus Christ. The statistics are alarming; yet the brutal reality of what these statistics mean is truly sorrowful. The world of college students is filled with selfishness, loneliness, and addiction.

Tens of thousands of college students have experienced Jesus through Young Life in middle school and high school. These students are interested to continuing a relationship with Young Life during their college years.

Young Life has a unique ability to serve college campuses.

Young Life College serves to continue the mission of introducing adolescents to Jesus and helping them grow in their faith.

College students desperately seek to andwer three critical questions that will shape the rest of their lives: